But the important thing is that BJ got ahead of every hitter he faced. At one point, he'd thrown one ball, and ten strikes. That's the BJ we know, the BJ we love. Nothing crazy in terms of velocity, but a cat who comes in and works quick, and throws motherfuckin strikes.

He did his job tonight. Those two hits were both reach out singles. It happens. He induced the ground ball for a huge double play, and then got a good lefty to fly out to second base with the game on the line. That's NAILS, alright.

On the Twins broadcast they had him clocked at 84-86. Both of the hits were on sliders that hardly moved and were right over the plate. Not exactly NAILS, but at least the control was there, which is certainly encouraging.